Shoe last



1,693,397 c. MILLER ET AL SHOE LAST Nov. 27, 1928.

Filed March 3, 1927 INVENTOR cums MILLER BY MAX FEINSTEIN ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 27, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MILLER, ,0! LONG ISLAND CITY, AND MAX FEINSTEIN, OF CORONA, NEW

YORK; SAID FEINSTEIN ASSIGNOR TO SAID MILLER.

SHOE LAST.

Application filed larch 8, 1927. Serial No. 172,287.

This invention relates to lasts used in the manufacture of shoes.

It is an object of this invention to provide a last on which a shoe may be constructed, which shoe will conform correctly to the contour of the tread surface of the'wearers foot, thereby affording-greater comfort.

It is another object of this invention to pro-' vide a last upon which may be constructed a shoe having supports for special portions of the wearers foot, while extra room is provided for other special ortions of the foot.

It is another object 0 this invention to provide a last upon which may be constructed a shoe which facilitates the circulation of the blood in the wearers foot and prevents perspiration.

These and other objects of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description taken in con-v nection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a last en bodying this invention. Figure 2 is a sectional viewtaken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is asectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure l Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

- Referring in detail to the drawing the last 10 of an well known style and form is pro vided with a pair of convex raised portlons 11 and 12 formed in the bottom of the last during the cutting of the same. The portions 11 and 12 are placed at the point where I the metatarsal arch of the wearers foot comes.

It will be seen that when a shoe is constructed to conform to the last, such-shoe will be provided with oonoavities corres onding to the portions 11 and 12, thus provi ing a metatarsal arch support.

The .toe portion of the last bottom is provided with a convex raised portion 13 formed by a gradual curve starting from the point 14 and extendingforwardly to the crest of the ortion 13, from whence it tapers off to the ent edge of the last. The raised portion 13 has a gradual transverse curve as shown in Fi b0 gure 3. When a shoe is built on a last emymg this invention the insole will be shaped to conform to the contour of the bottom of the last, thus providing in addition to the metatarsal arch support, a support for the wearers foot lying between the metatarsal arch and the fleshy portion of the toes. Also the concavity, formed in the shoe corresponding to the convexity 13 of the last, afiords additional room for the fleshy portion of the large toe of the wearers foot.

By I virtue of the transversely and longitudinally curved surfaces which are provided in a shoe built upon a last in accordance with this invention, thespace allowed for wearers foot is substantially increased for a given size of shoe. It, therefore, follows that the pinching of the foot b the shoe is eliminated, and a healthy circulation of the blood is made possible. There is the further advantage that when the wearer walks on a shoe built to conform to the resent last the shoe bottom conforms to the fdot thus giving a massaging action which further aids circulation and retards perspiration of the foot Obviously the curvatures and raised portions may be formed on the last bottom in any suitable manner such as for example, by cutting during the manufacture of the last or by any other manner well knownin the art.

While we have disclosed a specific embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that this is merely illustrative and that many changes may be made by those skilled in this art, without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention. For exam le, the 86 curvature of the portions forming t e convexities as well as their position may be varied slightly; and we do not limit ourselves except as outlined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we 90 claim:

1. A last for shoes, the bottom of said last being provided with a pair of convex raised portions at the ball line of the last, said portions being spaced from each other in a direction transversely of the last, whereby a concavity is formed between said portions, a third convex raised portion formed on the bottom of said last and disposed at the toe at the toe portion thereof, said raised portion portion thereof, and a-uniformly inwardly extending to the point of said toe portion, curved arch formed between a point starting and an inwardly concave portion extending 10 at said concavity and extending to said third from a point at the ball line of said last to an 5 convex portion. edge of said convex portion.

2. A last for shoes, the bottom of said last CHARLES MILLER. being provided with a convex raised portion MAX FEINSTEIN. 

